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Monday, February 5, 2018

"Relocate To Kano" - Ganduje To Fulani Herdsmen

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi
Ganduje, on Sunday called on all Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the
country, especially in Benue and Taraba states, to relocate to Kano
State.

Ganduje said Kano State had “vast grazing land” to accommodate herdsmen and their cattle.

The
governor stated this during the monitoring of the state’s “free
vaccination of over one million cattle and other small animals” at
Kadawa Artificial Insemination Centre in the Garum Malam Local
Government Area of the state.

The exercise titled, ‘Towards
Conservation of Livestock Resource and Animal Protein for Citizens of
Kano,’ was part of activities marking the 2017/2018 livestock
vaccination programme.

Ganduje, who condemned the “recent killings during the clashes between farmers and herdsmen,” said they were unacceptable.

The governor said the vaccination was initiated to keep animals healthy and improve the economy of the state.

He
said as part of the government’s commitment to encouraging herdsmen in
the state, Kano State Government had been providing facilities that
would accommodate the herdsmen and their cattle to discourage them from
moving to other states in search of grazing land.

Ganduje said,
“Fulani herdsmen of Kano origin do not move out of Kano to other states
because we have enough grazing land, ranches and traditional stock
route. They don’t have any reason to move out of the state. We take care
of them and we accord them the respect and dignity they deserve.

“I
am inviting herdsmen from all parts of Nigeria to relocate to Kano
because we have enough facilities to accommodate them. We have grazing
land in Rogo, Gaya, Kura, Tudun Wada, Ungogo and other places, where
facilities have been provided to accommodate the herdsmen and their
cattle.”

The governor added that his administration was already
in collaboration with the Federal Government and foreign agencies to
convert the Falgore Game Reserve into a modern grazing land.

“Falgore
Game Reserve can take care of millions of herdsmen and their cattle in
Nigeria. The location has been designed to accommodate schools, human
and animal clinics, markets, recreational centres and other social
amenities that would provide the herdsmen enough comfort to take care of
their animals and transact their business without any hindrance.

“These
killings must stop. We cannot afford to continue to witness these
senseless killings in the name of Fulani herdsmen and farmers clash over
lack of grazing land when we have a place like the Falgore Game
Reserve, which is being underutilised.”

Ganduje also said his
administration had embarked on the registration of herdsmen and their
cattle to enable the government to take care of them through free
vaccination and other incentives.